Project Description
This entry is one of five finalists in the WWI Memorial Design Competition. Read more about the competition here.
FROM THE ARCHITECTS:
Inside the Park, large format photographs are placed within framed cases that are grouped around 4 proposed themes, each evoking essential aspects of our American identity: Family, Brotherhood, Diversity and National Pride. We anticipate that historians and experts in historical photography would curate the selection of photographs during subsequent design phases.
By seamlessly blending framed memories into the landscape, our proposal provides an experience that is both park and memorial open and visible to the public. Cueing the visitor, six large scale bronze statues are strategically placed around the park, observing the framed images, and inviting the passerby to enter the park to experience the memorial. Our design incorporates the use of permeable pavers throughout the park to ensure universal accessibility to visitors.
We propose a Park that is organized by a northwest-southeast axis which visually connects Pershing Park with the Capitol and which also traces the most often walked footsteps by Washington, D.C., visitors.